An Essay on the Cultivation of the Intellect by the Study of Dead LanguagesJ. Bohn, 1830 - 371 páginas |
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... be true , and promise to be useful . It is in this hope that it is offered to the public , and they are the fittest judges of its errors or correctness . ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE INTELLECT . If an ancient viii PREFACE .
... be true , and promise to be useful . It is in this hope that it is offered to the public , and they are the fittest judges of its errors or correctness . ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE INTELLECT . If an ancient viii PREFACE .
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... error of substituting sounds for things , and playing with words as children play with counters , we may find many agreeable illusions disappear as we advance ; the recompense to all sober minds will be suffici- ently great in the ...
... error of substituting sounds for things , and playing with words as children play with counters , we may find many agreeable illusions disappear as we advance ; the recompense to all sober minds will be suffici- ently great in the ...
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... error in perception and an error in statement , the following principles may not be useless . Human belief , as distinct from consciousness , is nothing but the absence of all hesitation in passing connectedly from one idea or one state ...
... error in perception and an error in statement , the following principles may not be useless . Human belief , as distinct from consciousness , is nothing but the absence of all hesitation in passing connectedly from one idea or one state ...
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... errors , never indicates any thing else but the place which the ideas occupy in the order of our thoughts . The whole proposition becomes one state of mind . Out of one state of mind we cannot produce two ; and though the Irishman ...
... errors , never indicates any thing else but the place which the ideas occupy in the order of our thoughts . The whole proposition becomes one state of mind . Out of one state of mind we cannot produce two ; and though the Irishman ...
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... error of opinion to be one of the greatest evils in life . Suppose however a case , and it is one which actually exists , that we have no con- viction that Christianity is false ; and only no con- viction , no certain mathematical proof ...
... error of opinion to be one of the greatest evils in life . Suppose however a case , and it is one which actually exists , that we have no con- viction that Christianity is false ; and only no con- viction , no certain mathematical proof ...
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abstract absurdity action analogy analysis anticipate appear applied Aristotle ascer ascertain assert asso attain belief Bible cause Christianity circumstances combinations common conceive conclusion conjunction connected connexion consciousness consequently controul dead languages discovery effect employed endeavour enquiry equally error evident evil existence experience external fact fall feeling free agent frequently Greek language habit happiness heart human mind hypothesis iden ignorance indolence infer instinctive intel intellectual knowledge language law of association Macbeth mathematical proof means mechanical ment metaphysical moral moral universe motion nature necessarily nerves never number of ideas object observation once ourselves perceptions perfect perfectly perhaps philosopher pleasure and pain precisely present principle produced proof proposition prove racter reason recurring repetition result revelation sensation senses shew similar single sophism syllogism tendency thing thought throw tical tion trace trains of thought truth universal proposition whole words
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Página 180 - Keech, the butcher's wife, come in then and call me gossip Quickly ? coming in to borrow a mess of vinegar ; telling us she had a good dish of prawns ; whereby thou didst desire to eat some, whereby I told thee they were ill for a green wound...
Página 87 - Medes, that he reigned in his stead, the first over Greece, and made many wars, and won many strong holds, and slew the kings of the earth, and went through to the ends of the earth, and took spoils of many nations, insomuch that the earth was quiet before him; whereupon he was exalted, and his heart was lifted up.
Página 32 - Here lay Duncan, His silver skin laced with his golden blood ; And his gash'd stabs look'd like a breach in nature For ruin's wasteful entrance...
Página 87 - ... of many nations, insomuch that the earth was quiet before him ; whereupon he was exalted, and his heart was lifted up. And he gathered a mighty strong host, and ruled over countries, and nations, and kings, who became tributaries unto him. And after these things he fell sick, and perceived that he should die.
Página 58 - Again ; the mathematical postulate, that " things which are equal to the same are equal to one another," is similar to the form of the syllogism in logic, which unites things agreeing in the middle term.
Página 7 - ... that the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the squares of the sides.
Página 87 - AND IT HAPPENED, AFTER THAT ALEXANDER SON OF PHILIP, THE Macedonian, who came out of the land of Chettiim, had smitten Darius king of the Persians and Medes, that he reigned in his stead, the first over Greece, and made many wars, and won many strong holds, and slew the kings of the earth, and went through to the ends of the earth, and took spoils of many nations, insomuch that the earth was quiet...
Página 311 - live to him in all holy obedience, live to him as our Lord and King.' Not that I suppose there are peculiar precepts and a peculiar law of Jesus Christ, in the observance whereof we are justified, as the Socinians fancy ; for surely the gospel requires of us no more, ' but to love the Lord our God with all our hearts, and all our souls...
Página 309 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy mind, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength. This is the first and great commandment," Mark xii, 30, the first and great branch of Christian righteousness.
Página 309 - Thou shall love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great Commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shah love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two Commandments hang all the Law and the prophets.